Americas Walsh Federal LLC won a $49.8 million contract for the construction of P426 Littoral Combat Ship Logistics Facility at Naval Station Mayport. Work under the deal will provide for construction of a new four story, Phase II building, and renovations to the...
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Royal Pain Relief: Britain’s RAF Adding BAe-146 Jets
BAe-146 CC2 (click to view full) The BAe-146 is an elegant 4-engine regional jetliner, optimized for short haul or regional routes, and able to handle even short take-off or unimproved runways. It has a reputation for quiet operation, and a range of about 1,800 miles/...
Marine Corps Completes Successful Naval Exercise | DoS Approves FMS Contracts To Morocco | Boeing Wins P-8A Delivery Order
Americas The Marine Corps announced a successful naval exercise in the Philippine and East China seas and in Okinawa, Japan, on Wednesday. According to a release, the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Amphibious Squadron 11 conducted a large-scale series of...
Saab Presented Gripen E To Brazilian Air Force | Elbit Systems Introduced ReDrone | China To Give 9 Wing Loong UAVs To Serbia
Americas GE Aviation doing business as Dowty Propellers won a $20.9 million delivery order. The deal provides for Option I quantities of R391 propellers and spares to support the C-130J aircraft, in conjunction with the commercial Rolls Royce AE2100D3 engine managed...
USS Gabrielle Giffords Deployed To Pacific Ocean | Saab To Exhibit Giraffe 1X at DSEI | IAF Expected To Reactivate 17 Squadron
Americas BAE Systems Norfolk won a $11.9 million contract modification for additional growth requirements, including actions taken during Hurricane Florence, identified during the execution of the USS Tortuga Fiscal 2018 Modernization Period Chief of Naval Operations...
Mid-Life Extensions for USN LSDs
LSD 43 off Haiti (click to view full) The LSD MSMO was developed to provide extended dry docking, modernization, upgrades, and repairs to the LSD-41 Whidbey Island and related LSD-49 Harpers Ferry Classes of amphibious landing ships, which were commissioned between...
Lockheed Tapped For F-35 Special Tooling | Belgian F-16s Start Baltic Air Policing Mission | Russia Says It Received Six Inquiries on Mi-28NE
Americas Lockheed Martin won a $266.2 million contract for special tooling and special test equipment in support of the F-35 Lightning II aircraft. The deal benefits the Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps as well as non-US DoD participants. The Department of Defense is...
Belgium Upgrading its F-16s
Belgian F-16 (click to view full) Belgium is embarking on minor but useful modernization of its remaining F-16 fleet, which is expected to serve until at least 2022, and could easily end up serving past 2030. Under Belgium's 2000-2015 Modernization plan, the Belgian...
General Atomics Tapped For Gray Eagle Logistics Support | Turkey To Pour Money Into UAV Sector | Slovakia Prepares For US F-16 Pilot Training
Americas General Atomics Aeronautical Systems won a $29.3 million contract modification for performance based logistics support on the MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System. The General Atomics MQ-1C Gray Eagle is a medium-altitude, long-endurance UAS. It was...